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... feet north of the former , consisting of a square cedar post with large rocks on each side ; the post and rocks , marked with the date July 31 , 1817 , the names of the two coun- tries and those of the surveyors , Jos . Bouchette and ...
... feet north of the former , consisting of a square cedar post with large rocks on each side ; the post and rocks , marked with the date July 31 , 1817 , the names of the two coun- tries and those of the surveyors , Jos . Bouchette and ...
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... feet above the level of the sea ; and about 850 feet higher than the summit of Mars Hill ; but is not so high as some of the lands farther north . - See Bouchette's section of eastern boundary - Plate 4 , No. 5 , and Johnson's Report ...
... feet above the level of the sea ; and about 850 feet higher than the summit of Mars Hill ; but is not so high as some of the lands farther north . - See Bouchette's section of eastern boundary - Plate 4 , No. 5 , and Johnson's Report ...
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... feet above the level of the sea . Beyond this point , in the direction of the * This ridge is that called by some the Quacumgamooksis , or Kahkoguamook hills , dis- tant more than 50 miles from Katahdin . It extends from the sources of ...
... feet above the level of the sea . Beyond this point , in the direction of the * This ridge is that called by some the Quacumgamooksis , or Kahkoguamook hills , dis- tant more than 50 miles from Katahdin . It extends from the sources of ...
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... feet , and * His elevation here must have been more than 1000 feet above the level of the surround- ing country , to have seen land at such a distance from it on the same level . Col. Bouchette , who must be supposed much better ...
... feet , and * His elevation here must have been more than 1000 feet above the level of the surround- ing country , to have seen land at such a distance from it on the same level . Col. Bouchette , who must be supposed much better ...
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... feet above the level of Cheruncook Lake . Dr. Tiarks , astronomer and surveyor on the part of Great Britain , reports that the ground directly between the waters which flow into the St. Lawrence , and those which flow into the St. John ...
... feet above the level of Cheruncook Lake . Dr. Tiarks , astronomer and surveyor on the part of Great Britain , reports that the ground directly between the waters which flow into the St. Lawrence , and those which flow into the St. John ...
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Page 22 - York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States; that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the Government, propriety and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.
Page 22 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 22 - St. Croix River to the Highlands, along the said Highlands which divide those Rivers that empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the North-westernmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 23 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Page 23 - Croix, and designated in the former treaty of peace between the two Powers as the north-west angle of Nova Scotia, nor the north-westernmost head of Connecticut River, has yet been ascertained; and whereas that part of the boundary line between the dominions of the two Powers which extends from the source of the River St. Croix directly north to the above mentioned north-west angle of Nova Scotia, thence along the said Highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence...
Page 2 - In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned ;
Page 378 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 22 - Whereas neither that point of the highlands lying due north from the source of the river St. Croix, and designated in the former treaty of peace between the two Powers as the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, nor the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River, has yet been ascertained...
Page 13 - St. Lawrence from those which fall into the sea, to a point in fortyfive degrees of northern latitude, on the eastern bank of the river Connecticut...